As a good PC user, I run security software in Windows to protect my computer from malware that may pop up as I go about my ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

It may be a new year, but an old scam is making the rounds of online computer users. The FBI recently issued a warning about a computer scam that starts on the telephone: You get a call from someone ...

Antivirus has become these days a catch-all term. It doesn’t just mean blocking literal computer viruses, trojans, and other bits of malicious code meant to attack your PC. When you opt to go beyond ...

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Mark Russinovich couldn’t understand how the rootkit had sneaked onto his system. An expert on the internals of the Windows operating system, he is careful when it comes to computer security and ...